December 1, 2011 BERG Little Printer - I Want

A new device has popped up on the tech radar this morning that I wanted to share because I think it's pretty sweet and can imagine many uses for it. The device is called the Little Printer from a company called BERG - http://bergcloud.com/littleprinter/#!prettyPhoto. Basically it's a little printer that uses grocery store receipt style paper. It connects into your RSS feeds and prints them out. Watch the video and it gives you a pretty good idea of how this can be used differently and more efficiently than a large printer. 

A new service that the company released called BergCloud will allow the Little Printer to hook into the BergCloud and allow content to be pushed down to the device and printed later for reading. BergCloud has already struck partnerships with ARUP, Foursquare, The Guardian, Nike and Google, though more are on the way.  

 From some of the comments I have seen, there are lots of negative views around it, saying it's another useless device and waste of paper. I disagree. I don't see myself using this for RSS headlines, I get that enough through multiple sources anyway. The power I see with this device is actually saving paper not wasting it. I would use this device for daily schedules, tasks lists, reminders, notes and small repeatable print offs that I do today on full 8 1/2 x 11 sheets. 

If I can print off smaller lists on this style I can get more information on less paper.  There is no mention of price yet but they say it pre-orders will start in 2012. This is one of those devices I see immediate business use for the types of things I print off. Small, easy, simple. End of Line.

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